Inking device for telegraph-registers.



No. 638,419. Patented nec. 5, |899. L. E. uEHmNG.

INKING DEVICE FOR TELEGBAPH REGISTERS.

rApplication filed Feb. 26, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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LOUIS E. OEIIRING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

INKlNG DEVICE FOR TltLtzo.RAPl-l-'Rlimsi-riasl SPECIFICATION forming'pai-t f Letters Patent No. 638,419, dated December 5, 1899- Application filed February 26, 1F98- Serial, No. 671,855. (No model.)

To o/,ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS E. OEHRING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Inking Devices for Telegraph- Registers, (Case No.3,) of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to an inking device for to telegraph-registers; and its object is to provide an improved and simplified construction whereby the stylus-Wheel may be contiuuously and uniformly supplied with ink from a suitable stationary receptacle without dan- I '5 ger of excessive iiow of ink and consequent blotting or blurring of the tape.

The usual method heretofore employed for supplying the stylus-wheel with ink has been to provide an ink roller or wheel with a pezo riphery of felt or other absorbent material saturated with ink, the stylus-wheel pressing against this inked surface while revolving, thus taking up the required amount of ink. therefrom. In accordance with my invention 2 5 the lower portion of the stylus-wheel dips into a stationary reservoir of ink, taking up a small quantity,the superfluous ink being preferably cleaned or wiped off by a suitable pad of felt or other absorbent material, which en- 3o gages the wheel immediately before its contact with the paper tape. This construction possesses certain advantages over devices of this character at present in use in that the printed mark is more clear cut and definite and the reservoir does not require filling or attention so often as does the absorbent pad of the other style.

In the drawings, which are illustrative of my invention, Figure l is a side elevation of 4o a telegraph-register equipped with my improved self-inking stylus-wheel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stylus-wheel and ink-reservoir. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3 3, Fig. '2.

Similar parts are designated by similar letters of reference throughout the several iigures.

The stylus-wheel a, preferably of hard rubber, is mounted upon the lid b' of the ink-res- 5o ervoir b, said lid being pivoted or hinged at b2. At the side of the ink-reservoir is provided an extension c, having a hole CZ therein communicating with the interior of the reservoir, whereby ink may be introduced into the reservoir through said hole. A remov- 5 5 able lid e serves to normally cover said hole and prevent the admission of dust or dirt. The tape f is fed forward in the usual manner, being passed around rollers g g g2 gsand between rollers ff. Abracket h is provided 6o to support the tape between rollers g2 and g3. The armature-lever of the ordinary signal-receivin g electromaguet is connected with a pivoted arm t, the end whereof is caused to move up and down as the amature-lever vibrates in response to the electrical signals received by the magnet. Upon the end of the arm t' an adjustable spring presser-foot t" is mounted and serves to engage the extension b2 of the lid b' and communicate the vibrations of the 7o armature-lever thereto. Upon the actuation of the electromagnet the presser-foot t" engages the extension b2 of the lid ZJ', rocking it upon its pivot b and causing the stylus-wheel carried thereon to come in contact with the tape f, thereby imprinting an ink-mark thereon. A pad Z, of felt or other suitable absorbent material, is mounted upon a spring Z and is pressed against the periphery of the styluswheel by an adjustable screw Z2. A pad fm 8o engages each side of the stylus-wheel, the pads Z m serving to wipe off the superiiuous ink from the stylus-wheel, so that the latter may make a clear-cut and well-defined iinpression upon the tape f.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desi re to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A printing device for telegraph-registers, consisting of an ink-reservoir, an oscillating 9o part Z) hinged to the reservoir, a rotatable stylus-wheel within the reservoir carried by said oscillating part, the lower portion of said sty.- lus-wheel being immersed in the ink and the upper portionthereof projecting outside the reservoir, and means for causing said part b to oscillate in response to electrical signals received by the telegraph-register, whereby the stylus-wheel is moved up and down in the ink, and the upper periphery thereof engaged roo with the tape, substantially as set forth.

2. In a printing-telegraph, the combination with an ink-reservoir, of a hinged lid therefor, a stylusfwheel rotatably mounted upon said hinged lid, the lower part of said stylus- Wheel dipping into the ink within said reservoir,a signal-receiving eleetromagnet, and a vibrating armature associated therewith and operatively Connected with the hinged lid, whereby the stylus-wheel is intermittently moved to and fro to engage the tape and register the telegraphic signals thereon, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with an ink-reservoir b, of a lid therefor, a rotatable stylus-wheel a mounted upon said lidj the lower portion of' said stylus-wheel being adapted to dip into the ink within said reservoir, pads lm adapted to clean or wipe off the superfluous ink from said stylus-wheel, and a hinged or pivotal connection between the lid and reservoir, vwhereby the lid may be rocked to bring said 

